'Michigan Tech hockey coach Mel Pearson today announced the hiring of former NHL goaltender Steve Shields to the position of volunteer coach with the Huskies' program. Shields, who played 10 seasons in the NHL from 1996-2006, will join the team'

'Steve Shields, 57, of Morton died September 7, 2011. Services will be 1:30 pm today at the First United Methodist Church in Morton. Combest Family Funeral Homes. John Mark “Johnny” Williams, 47, of Lubbock died September 5, 2011'

'Steve Shields, 57, of Morton died September 7, 2011. Services are pending with Combest Family Funeral Homes of Lubbock. Barbara Ann Smith, 71, died September 6, 2011 in Lubbock. Services will be 10 am Friday in the Girard Cemetery Chapel'

Timeline

CHILDHOOD

TEENAGE

199017 Years Old
Shields was drafted in the fifth round (#101 overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres out of the University of Michigan.
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Shields could be best classified as a journeyman NHL goaltender over his tenure. In his NHL career, Shields would play for the Buffalo Sabres, the San Jose Sharks, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the Boston Bruins, the Florida Panthers, and the Atlanta Thrashers. Shields has recently been playing in the NESHL as a center for Mutiny. Mutiny is a B division team out of the Metro Boston league. He is currently a Volunteer Goalie Coach for Michigan Technological University a D1 program located in Houghton, Michigan.<br /><br /> After starting the season with only a .500 record, the Rochester Americans (AHL)rallied late in the season to go on and win the Calder Cup in game seven defeating the Portland Pirates 2-1. Steve Shields set an American Hockey League record with 15 playoff victories. John Tortorella was the coach. Read Less

TWENTIES

199724 Years Old
One of his career highlights was during the 1997 playoffs, when Dominik Hašek was injured.
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Hašek had been the team MVP and the league's best goalie during the regular season and he had been considered crucial to the Sabres' playoff hopes. With Hašek leaving in the midst of game three of the first round, Shields was forced to step in but he helped the Sabres to rally and defeat the Ottawa Senators.<br /><br /> Shields then played the second round series against the Philadelphia Flyers, as Hašek was suspended for three games after an altercation with reporter Jim Kelley. Hašek was set to return in game four with the team down by three games in the series, but he told the Sabres' coaching staff he felt a twinge in his knee and left the ice after the pregame skate. Shields turned in another season-saving performance as Buffalo staved off the almost inevitable sweeping elimination with a win. Again before the fifth game, Hašek declared himself unfit to play and Shields would finish the series with Buffalo losing 6–3 and being eliminated. Read Less

199926 Years Old
Shields's best season was in the 1999–2000 season, when he played in 67 games for the San Jose Sharks while posting respectable goaltending numbers for the team (27 wins, 30 losses, four shutouts, a 2.56 GAA, and a .911 save percentage).
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San Jose made it to the second round of the playoffs of that year.<br /><br /> Shields had a notable goalie mask which was designed while he was a member of the Boston Bruins. Shields's mask was a tribute to former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers famed "stitch mask". He continued wearing the stitch mask after he was traded to the Florida Panthers and signed with the Atlanta Thrashers. Read Less